Recent content by Snooker

I am very happy with my system Denon Ceol N9 & Kef Q150's and would never change it, sounds excellent and like all hi-fi systems it also comes down to how good the song is produced and recorded, I do not crave for near perfection

The point is at the end of the day, why have a really expensive hi-fi if you can not get full benefit due to volume restrictions because of neighbours, you might has well stay with one much cheaper which will sound excellent (but not outstanding) at volumes which are not too loud for neighbours...

In a nutshell, If you have neighbours and not an isolated room then you can not really have your really expensive system on loud enough to enjoy it to its full potential applying to both hi fi and a proper surround sound system with wired speakers, therefore you might as well just get an...

I just thought I would give you my thoughts on hi-fi and cinema surround systems, yes you can buy a Naim Atom with some Kef LS50 speakers and have an outstanding system along with a proper cinema surround sound system with wired speakers, but you would really need a separate dedicated room...

I suppose thinking about it, as all the sound frequencies get mixed together in the air before entering the ear that the dialogue between a 2.1 and 3.1 would in fact sound about the same, the only difference I have since found out on Chat GPT is that when you alter the bass control on a 2.1...

Thanks for your reply I think the sound bar is ok, as in real life some people are harder to hear than others and for example question time on the BBC etc is fine, also I am now 61 so my ears are not as good as once was I was just curious, people would generally say a 3.1 sounds clearer but I...

I have a 2.1 Yamaha sound bar SRC20A which does not have a dedicated centre channel for speech, is speech on a 3.1 about the same slightly better or significantly better, I would guess that there is only a slight difference regarding the clearest sound, and can you get a 2.1 actually sounding...

Yes I have heard about the new Sonos Arc Ultra, sounds good but it is far to long for my tv and setup, and feel in my small to medium size room that my SRC20A is probably more than good enough, but would like to maybe compare it in the future with the Sonos & Sennheiser Sound Bars to make sure I...

I have a small Yamaha SRC20A and with the right film it sounds excellent in my small to medium size room, films which stand out are Top Gun Maverick, Latest James Bond Films, Original Jurassic Park, and various clips in other films So if we take Top Gun Maverick is it really worth getting a...

Like you said, "And obviously the effect/immersiveness of a surround soundtrack will vary from film to film", its a shame there is not a standard so that all films sound wise in 5.1 are made the same regarding similar sound effects for a particular given situation in a film with explosions, cars...

You would agree though that the impact of the sound effects even in 5.1 actually varies very significantly from film to film, and would be more noticeable on a sound bar ?

I have a sound bar and with the latest James bond films, Jurassic park films and of course the two top gun films, the sound sounds excellent, but other than these is there really many more with the same impact as these films, for instance Drama films don't usually have the same effect or even...

If I am watching an action film like Top Gun Maverick at a loud volume I will watch the film during the afternoon, it would be too loud to play during the evening

I have a Yamaha SR C20A sound bar and have just watched Top Gun Maverick, and when I put the volume up to 85 dba max in the plane scenes you really get a cinematic effect, it mostly stays under 78 dba during the plane scenes and I believe in the cinema the dba readings are even higher I know...

vtuner is now back up working again, definitely for the older Denon & Marantz products anyway, thanks